Archive for October 4, 2007

Drought Continues Here in NC

Posted in Current Events by John E. Pannell on October 4th, 2007 at 7:49 pm

Anyone who pays attention to the news likely knows the southeastern United States is in the midst of a severe drought.     In some areas — like most of Georgia — the situation is becoming dire.     This is a short update about how things are here, from someone not in the media industry or government.

Here in North Carolina the situation varies by locality.   While most of the central part of the state  has seen almost no significant rain since Spring different municipalities are coping with the situation in drastically different ways.

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